WikiNi vs. ikiwiki vs. Anwiki

General Features WikiNi ikiwiki Anwiki
Version
0.5.0
2.67
0.2.5
Last Release Date
2007-04-12 (19 years ago)
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2010-12-13 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-02-10 (17 years ago)
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2013-06-25 (13 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Antoine Walter
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL 3
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0 ($, €, £, ¥, ...)
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
End Users/Desktop, Education
Anyone
Designed for multilingual contents and/or structured contents. Light, extensive and overridable architecture.
System Requirements WikiNi ikiwiki Anwiki
Operating System
all (UNIX, Windows, MacOS X)
Any
Linux, Windows, probably others
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Any, or none
Apache, probably others with PHP support
Other Requirements
Datastorage WikiNi ikiwiki Anwiki
Text Files
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
Yes
No
Other
Extensible to any datastorage by implementing a custom driver
Security/Anti-Spam WikiNi ikiwiki Anwiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
Extensible to any authentication backend by implementing a custom driver
Host Blocking
Unknown
Yes
No
Mail Encryption
Unknown
Yes
No
nofollow
No
No
No
Blacklist
No
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Patch
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support WikiNi ikiwiki Anwiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
4 ⭐
Common Features WikiNi ikiwiki Anwiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
No
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Restricted by Age
Unlimited
Restricted by Age or Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features WikiNi ikiwiki Anwiki
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Interface Languages
1
French
1
English
5
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
Email notification
Plugin
Yes
No
Comments
Threaded
Discussion Pages
No
Categories
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Namespaces
Patch
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Unknown
Yes
Links WikiNi ikiwiki Anwiki
CamelCase
Yes
Plugin
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Plugin
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Yes
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Features WikiNi ikiwiki Anwiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Optional
All
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
none
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Plugin
Plugin
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Plugin
No
No
Quoting
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
Internal Comments
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Patch
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
Unknown
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
Javascript ; PHP scripts can be enabled
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Patch
Plugin
Yes
Usability WikiNi ikiwiki Anwiki
Section Editing
No
No
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
Patch
No
No
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
No
No
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics WikiNi ikiwiki Anwiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
No
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output WikiNi ikiwiki Anwiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
No
Themes & Skins
Optional
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Unknown
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
No
XML export
No
No
Yes
PDF Export
Plugin
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WikiNi ikiwiki Anwiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
No
Media Revisions
Unknown
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Embedded Video
Plugin
Optional
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
Filenames only
No
Extras WikiNi ikiwiki Anwiki
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Unknown
No
Blogs
Unknown
Yes
No
Ticket System
Unknown
Yes
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WikiNi ikiwiki Anwiki
Internal Link
wiki word (XxxXxxxxx)
[[internal]]
<a href="en/home">go home</a>
External Link
[[ ]]
[link text](http://example.org)
<a href="http://www.anwiki.com">Anwiki</a>
Headlines
====== ====== level 1
===== ===== level 2
==== ==== level 3
=== === level 4
== == level 5

Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
<h1>Title</h2>
<h2>Subtitle</h2>
...
Bold Format
** **
**bold**
__bold__
<b>bold</b>
Italics Format
// //
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
<i>italic</i>
Underline Format
__ __
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
<u>underline</u>
Monospace Format
## ##
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
<tt>monospace</tt>
Strikethrough Format
@@ @@
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
<del>strikethrough</del>
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
<sup>Anwiki</sup>
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
<sub>Anwiki</sub>
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
<img src=""/>
Aligning Text
<center>anwiki</center>
Text Indentation
[space] level 1
[space][space] level 2
[space][space][...] level X
Bulleted Lists
-
-
-
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ul>
Numbered Lists
1)
1)
1)
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
<ol>
<li>item</li>
<li>item</li>
</ol>
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>item</dt>
<dt>item</dt>
</dl>
Horizontal Rule
----
---
***
___
------------------
Any number > 3
- - - - - - - - - -
spaces don't matter
<hr/>
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